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CQC highlights concerns over young people’s mental health services

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Growing health inequalities and increasing demand for services, particularly support for eating disorders, are among key challenges facing children and young people’s mental health provision, according to a new report.
Inequalities were found to be a key barrier in access to mental health services by the CQC. Picture: Prostock-studio/Adobe Stock
Inequalities were found to be a key barrier in access to mental health services by the CQC. Picture: Prostock-studio/Adobe Stock

The State of Care - the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) annual assessment of health and social care provision in England - identifies children and young people’s mental health as an area of specific concern.

The CQC reviewed seven areas in England in June and July 2021, and carried out activities with young people directly, to identify the key challenges for children and young people’s mental health services and gather examples of best practice.

One major challenge the commission identified was the increased demand for services following the Covid-19 pandemic, citing the NHS Confederation’s report Reaching the Tipping Point, which found that 1.5 million children and young people may be in need of new or additional mental health support as a result of the pandemic.

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